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The main theme of the poem expresses that


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No Next up in this series for AP English people

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Big Fat Home We're just gonna kind of cruise through

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it here and looking and just kind of winking at

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it first The main theme of the poem expresses that

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What All right so I kinda have to cruise through

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the person's homes are several danger loneliness And I think

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elderly are always more vulnerable People are often unaware of

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the Mantilla criminals Only a smart horse And what does

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that mean All right well let's think about this throughout

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the poem especially in the third stanza like right down

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there everyone and everything notices the robbers Except for the

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most important people the ones being robbed Yeah clearly they

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need ring You go get it on Amazon the almanacs

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aware and the moon slides down the stair to see

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who's there while at the end of the poem while

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the speaker says Well just that the old couple just

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a stir Fancy the sunrise left the door ajar This

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juxtaposition highlights how oblivious the couple is Don't you love

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old people Oblivious to the world I aspired to be

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one someday soon So the answer is D People are

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often unaware of the events unfolding around them You know

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basically like your average politician So the loser bowl Any

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home is susceptible to danger A But the speaker seems

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to be alluding to something more than that We're not

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actually witnessing a crime for say so We can't be

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sure about any definitive conclusions about crime Get Toby And

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well let's not just be ageist here as well So

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get rid of C please Thank you very much Talking

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about a criminal's intelligence Sound smart Nol as Anne But

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the focus of the poem is not on the hypothetical

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robbers or their wit Yeah it's not James Bond Okay 00:01:48.54 --> [endTime] so it's deep and we're done with that one

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